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1 Elayne J. Heisler, Policy Options to Increase Physician Training Education in Proper Opioid Prescribing 1 (2017)

handle is hein.crs/crsmthmbdpi0001 and id is 1 raw text is: CRS INSIGHT Policy Options to Increase Physician Training Education in Proper Opioid Prescribing December 22, 2017 (IN10844) I Related Author Elayne J. Heisler Elayne J. Heisler, Specialist in Health Services (ehialercr 1 7-4453) Among the recommendations of the Preiden' DmmiSsion o C in g Addiction and theO pioidCrisis (President's Commission) is to mandate medal edu in prescriber educain initiivs in proper Opioid rescribing and risks of developing an SLD ubstance Use DisordLeri' This Insight focuses on physician efforts because physicians can prescribe in every state but no all sa tatprmi adyanQed practice nur sor physjca to prescribe opioids. Many of the policy options discussed in this Insight could also be applied to other provider types (e.g., nonphysicians) who have prescriptive authority. Efforts to increase training on opioid prescribing for physicians could occur at three points during training: * 1. during medical school, * 2. during medical residency (i.e., as part of graduate medical education), and * 3. while in active practice (i.e., as part of the requirements to obtain or maintain a license). Federal efforts to mandate such education may be limited at each of these levels. For example, the federal government does not have direct oversight over the content of medical school

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